You might be reading this as you take a quiet moment with a cup of coffee before the busyness of the day gets underway. The house is quiet, and your relatives have not yet arrived.

Or maybe you’re reading this after presents have been opened and you’ve been to church. The kitchen is heating up with activity for the meal of the day; the smells are permeating the rest of the house and a fire might be burning in the fireplace. The children are looking for a screwdriver to open the battery compartment on the latest remote control or otherwise electrified device — is that triple- or double-A? Maybe you have a little down time before you load everyone up to go visit friends or relatives.

These are all memories most of us have of Christmas, in one form or another. Reading The Courier has not been one of those memories since 2005 — if our smartphone calendar is correct. You see, we don’t normally publish a paper on Christmas day, except when it falls on a Sunday, as it did this year. Advertisers and readers alike are sort of fond of their Sunday paper, as are we. So it’s special for us to be invited into your home today, and we thank you for that privilege today and every day.

We’ll try to be an unassuming guest in your home today. We promise we won’t leave rings on your coffee table like Uncle Frank does every year, and we also promise not to complain no matter how many times you decide to replay the DVD of “White Christmas.” We won’t even snicker if you tear up for the 12th time in the day when Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and all the other former soldiers bring their old general into the show for their special tribute. It’s these kinds of personal traditions that make Christmas especially memorable, and we don’t wish to alter your routine in any way. We’ll sit quietly on the kitchen table or living room floor — wherever you choose to have us.

Our hope is this paper finds you enjoying Christmas day with family and friends, whatever shape or form that may take, and that you are able to take some time to reflect and give thanks for what is important in your life. All of us at The Courier are proud to serve you and hope your day is filled with memories that are joyous and long lasting.

As for our memories of publishing on Christmas, those memories only have to last until 2016, the next time Christmas falls on a Sunday.

Merry Christmas, and thank you for sharing this most special of holidays with us.